Tamsen:On the Edge of Scandal is the third book in my Snow and Ice Games series, and it features a women’s hockey player and her coach. I can never resist playing with a bit of a taboo (teacher/student, guardian/ward, etc.), so this is definitely in my wheelhouse. I also love heroes who are totally smitten with their heroines, and Ash is in awe of Bronwyn. And last but not least, when I started working on a winter sports series, I was determined to include a public proposal that doesn’t quite work out the way you always see the on TV…

Joyce: What distracts you the most when you’re trying to write?

Tamsen: I work from home, so oftentimes chores around the house will poke at me while I’m in my office — laundry, picking up my kid’s detritus, etc. I’ve gotten better at putting those chores of until after business hours by reminding myself Mr. Parker isn’t emptying the dishwasher while he’s at work. I can also get distracted by my planner, of all things. I am a total washi and sticker addict.

Joyce: Do you write by the seat of your pants, or do you carefully plot your stories?

Tamsen: I’m what they call a quilter — I write scenes as they come to me, out of order, and then have to go back, rearrange them and finally stitch them together. I can’t honestly recommend that method to anyone, but it’s the only way I’ve been able to write books.

Joyce: Is there a TV show that you’ve recently binge-watched?

Tamsen:The Crown! I don’t watch a lot of TV, but I’m a sucker for really well-done costumes and sets and royals. I can’t believe the next season won’t be here until 2019, and I’m trying to find my next glom while I wait.

Joyce: Do you listen to music while you write? What are some tunes on your playlist?

Tamsen: I have playlists for each book, and I put them on when I’m trying to get in the headspace to work on that book. It comes in handy when I’m working on more than one book at a time. Some of the songs on the playlist for On the Edge of Scandal are The One Moment by OK Go, Gloria by Laura Branigan, Say You Won’t Let Go by James Arthur, The Greatest by Sia, Celeste by Ezra Vine, To Be With You by Mr. Big, Tenderness by General Public and Under Pressure by Queen & David Bowie.

Joyce: What are three romance novels on your to-be-read list?

Tamsen:Peter Darling by Austin Chant, A Hope Divided by Alyssa Cole, Last Couple in Hell by KJ Charles.

Joyce: What’s coming next?

Tamsen: Once all five of the Snow and Ice Games books are out, I have a novella in the Exposed anthology, which will kick off my License to Love series, a spinoff of the Snow and Ice Games. In Love on the Tracks (book one in the SIG series), the hero, Zane, is the lead singer in a band called License to Game. Clearly, his bandmates all need their very own HEAs, and two more band members will find their HEAs with each other in Thrown Off Track.

Joyce: Thanks, Tamsen!

About On the Edge of Scandal:

Bronwyn Perry is the star of the US women’s hockey team, and she and her boyfriend Brody Hill have been hockey royalty since they’ve been in high school. Brody unexpectedly fails to make the men’s team but still comes to Denver to support his girl at the Snow and Ice Games. Or so Bronwyn thinks.

Ash Levenson is the coach of the women’s SIG hockey team. His primary responsibility is to keep his team happy, healthy, and primed to win. Though he’s close in age to his players, he’s been doing this for a while and mostly, it’s easy to keep his eyes on the puck. He’s always been able to discard any crush he might have on any of the women he’s coached…until Bronwyn.

When Bronwyn and Brody’s romance comes to a very public and very ugly end, Ash has to get his star player’s head back in the game and ready to dominate on the rink. Which may mean spending a little time off the ice…

About Tamsen

Tamsen Parker is a stay-at-home mom by day, USA TODAY bestselling erotic romance writer by naptime. Her novella Craving Flight was named to the Best of 2015 lists of Heroes and Heartbreakers, Smexy Books, Romance Novel News and Dear Author. Heroes and Heartbreakers called her Compass series “bewitching, humorous, erotically intense and emotional.” She lives with her family outside of Boston, where she tweets too much, sleeps too little and is always in the middle of a book. Aside from good food, sweet rieslings and gin cocktails, she has a fondness for monograms and subway maps. She should really start drinking coffee.